Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. I'm belief, it's Simons.
Speaker 2: I'm Emma Gillespie.
Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the twenty eighth of October. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: A catastrophic failure is being blamed for a deadly mine
Speaker 2: explosion in far west New South Wales. Emergency services were
Speaker 2: called to Koba in the early hours of Tuesday morning
Speaker 2: after reports three workers had been critically injured in an
Speaker 2: underground explosion. A man was confirmed dead at the scene,
Speaker 2: while a woman was brought to the surface by rescue
Speaker 2: crews but later died. According to a statement from New
Speaker 2: South Wales Police. Another woman was airlifted to hospital suffering
Speaker 2: hearing damage and shock. The Mining and Energy Union said
Speaker 2: the deaths of the mine workers would send shockwaves through
Speaker 2: the entire industry. The union has promised to work with
Speaker 2: authorities to ensure workers are supported quote and this tragedy
Speaker 2: is thoroughly investigated.
Speaker 1: The federal government will require telcos to publish network outages
Speaker 1: in real time following a spate of triple zero disruptions.
Speaker 1: New transparency measures will be enforced by the Australian Communications
Speaker 1: and Media Authority after Communications Minister Annaka Wells wrote to
Speaker 1: the regulator on Monday. The measures will be mandatory for providers,
Speaker 1: including Optus and Telstra, and include a real time public
Speaker 1: register of any network outages. Wells said the data quote
Speaker 1: will increase transparency and accountability around outages and related impacts
Speaker 1: on access to Triple zero. However, Shadow Communications Minister Melissa
Speaker 1: Macintosh said the mechanism is quote not transparent because it
Speaker 1: will be self operated by the telcos. She added Australians
Speaker 1: a losing confidence in the Triple zero network.
Speaker 2: Seven people have been killed in the Northern Caribbean as
Speaker 2: Hurricane Melissa, the world's strongest storm this year, moves towards
Speaker 2: Jamaica with wind speeds of over two hundred and eighty
Speaker 2: klos per hour. The storm is a Category five, which
Speaker 2: is the highest classification. Authorities have warned residents to expect
Speaker 2: catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides. The US government's National
Speaker 2: Hurricane Center said quote total structural failure is likely in
Speaker 2: parts of Jamaica, where at least three people have died.
Speaker 2: Melissa has also brought severe downpours and tropical storm conditions
Speaker 2: to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where at least four
Speaker 2: people have died. The storm has not yet made landfall
Speaker 2: in Jamaica, but it is expected to bring up to
Speaker 2: a meter of rain to the region before moving northeast
Speaker 2: towards Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew
Speaker 2: Holness said he has quote been on his knees in
Speaker 2: prayer awaiting the full impact of Hurricane Melissa to hit
Speaker 2: his country.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, three critically endangered wombat joeys have
Speaker 1: been born through a breeding program in a Queensland sanctuary.
Speaker 1: A group of thirty six Northern hairy nosed wombats were
Speaker 1: brought to a protected site in the southern Queensland pro
Speaker 1: Runner State Forests last year as part of an initiative
Speaker 1: to protect the species, which is one of the most
Speaker 1: endangered in the world. According to an update from the
Speaker 1: Queensland Department of Environment, the wild born and bred babies
Speaker 1: are a clear tick of approval that the wombats are
Speaker 1: thriving in their new habitat. The twenty eight hundred hectare
Speaker 1: site is the state's third dedicated hairy nosed conservation site,
Speaker 1: with only four hundred Northern hairy nosed wombats thought to
Speaker 1: be left in the wild. The Queensland Government said the
Speaker 1: project is committed to boosting their numbers quote ensuring we
Speaker 1: keep them on the map for future generations.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from The Daily Oz's newsroom for today,
Speaker 2: But if you are looking for something else to listen to,
Speaker 2: check out this morning's deep dive on the sexual abuse
Speaker 2: allegations against the Australian Defense Force after a class action
Speaker 2: was launched in the Federal Court this month.
Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but
Speaker 1: until then, have a good afternoon. My name is Lily
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